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Whether it was a song, a person, or a story, there was a lot you couldn’t know from just an excerpt, a glance, or part of a chorus.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
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He wasn't what I'd thought he was maybe he never had been. I wasn't what I'd thought I was, either.
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